President Trump invites PM Netanyahu to White House, says Middle East peace plan imminent.
While involving one side of the Middle East conflict, Trump did not say that he had invited Palestinian leaders to the White House. They have rejected the U.S. proposals, and see the $50 billion investment offered in theas an attempt to buy off their opposition to the real issues.
, which Palestinians see as their future capital but was recognized by the Trump administration as the capital of Israel.Trump outraged Palestinians by moving the U.S. Embassy there, while recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a strategic territory that it captured from Syria in 1967. He has also reversed decades of U.S. policy by not endorsing a two-state solution.
"We've spoken to them briefly," Trump said of the Palestinian side Thursday."But we will speak to them in a period of time. And they have a lot of incentive to do it. I'm sure they maybe will react negatively at first, but it's actually very positive to them."
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